Sandal shoe

ABSTRACT

A sandal shoe has a removal top vamp portion detachably engaging the sidewalls of a shoe bottom. The shoe bottom consists of a forward sole portion, a middle shank, and a raised heel. The bottom base of the forward sole portion has a convex curvative onto which is affixed a rubber sole.

United States Patent Colli Dec. 16, 1975 SANDAL SHOE 2,167,858 8/1939Weyler 36/115 2,262,680 ll/l94l Hosker 36/l 1.5 [75] Inventor' New York2.601133 8/1952 Marlowe 36/1 1.5

[73] Assignee'. Lawrence Peska Associates, Inc.,

New York Primary ExaminerPatrick D. Lawson [22] Filed: Feb, 19, 1975Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Richard E. Nanfeldt [21] Appl. No.: 551,033

[57] ABSTRACT 36/1 A Sandal Shoe has a removal p p portion detach [58]Fieid W 7 5 C ably engaging the sidewalls of a shoe bottom. The

""""" 5 1 shoe bottom consists of a forward sole portion, a middleshank, and a raised heel. The bottom base of the forward sole portionhas a convex curvative onto [56] S S TZf ES SZQ E S which is affixed arubber sole.

2,153,968 4/1939 Loufbahn 7. 36/25 W 6 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures US.Patent Dec. 16, 1975 3,925,915

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SANDAL SHOE sandal shoe having a removal top vamp portion.

A number of US. Pat. Nos.: 2,178,025; 2,368,314; and 2,388,744 haveemployed various shoe constructions, but these aforementioned patentsare non-applicable to my present invention.

An object of my present invention is to provide a removal top vampportion detachably mounted onto the sidewalls of a shoe bottom, whereinvarious shaped vamp portions have different colors and designs.

A further object of my present invention is to provide a shoe bottomhaving a unitary structure, wherein the bottom base of the forward soleportion has a convex curvative.

Briefly, my present invention consists of a sandal shoe having a removaltop vamp portion detachably engaging the sidewalls of a shoe bottom. Theshoe bottom consists of a forward sole portion, a middle shank, and araised heel. The bottom base of the forward sole portion has a convexcurvative onto which is affixed a rubber sole.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The objects and features of theinvention may be understood with reference to the following detaileddescription of an illustrative embodiment of the invention, takentogether with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a sandal shoe;

FIG. 2 illustrates a bottom planar view of a first type of vamp portionof the sandal shoe; and

FIG. 3 illustrates a bottom planar view of a second type of vamp portionof the sandal shoe.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Turning now descriptively to thedrawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elementsthroughout the several views, FIGS. l2 show a sandal shoe having aremoval top vamp portion 11. The shoe bottom 12 is a unitary woodenstructure consisting of a raised heel 13, a middle shank 14 and aforward sole portion 15. The shank 14 extends rearwardly upward from thesole portion 15 to the upper end of the raised heel 13. A rubber baseelement 33 is afl'rxed onto the bottom end 34 of the heel 13. The bottombase 16 of the forward sole portion 15 has a convex curvative, wherein arubber sole 17 is affixed onto the bottom base 16. A plurality of malesnap members 18 are affixed onto both sidewalls 19 of the shoe bottom12, wherein snap members 18 are aligned in a row extending rearwardlyfrom the forward sole portion 15 to the middle shank portion 14. Theremovable vamp portion 11 is formed from a conventionally coloredflexible thermoplastic, canvas, twill, or leather, wherein the vampportion 11 is of a generally trapezoidally shaped element 35 having atop 20 and a bottom 21 end of a concave curvative. A plurality of femalesnap members 22 are contained along each side 23, 24 of the vamp portion11. The vamp portion 11 is flexed into a half cylindrical configurationand placed over the top of a foot (not shown) resting on the top base 25of the slide bottom 12. The female snap members 22 communicate with themale snap members 18 holding the vamp portion 11 onto the shoe bottom12.

FIG. 3 shows a second type of a removable top vamp portion 26. Vampportion 26 comprises an elongated center strap portion 27 having aplurality of narrow strap elements 28 joined at a plurality of acuteangles onto each side 29, 30 of portion 27. A second female snap member31 is contained in a free end 32 of each strap element 28, wherein snapmembers 31 engage snap members 18 of the shoe bottom 12 as strap portion27 rest on top of the foot.

Hence, obvious changes may be made in the specific embodiment of theinvention described herein, such modifications being within the spiritand scope of the invention claimed, it is indicated that all mattercontained herein is intended as an illustrative and not as limiting inscope.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A sandal shoe, which comprises:

a. a shoe bottom having a forward sole portion, a

middle shank, and a raised heel;

b. said middle shank extending rearwardly upward from said forward soleportion to an upper end of said raised heel;

c. a bottom base of said forward sole portion having a convex curvative;

d. a rubber sole affixed onto said bottom base of said forward soleportion;

e. a rubber base element affixed onto a bottom end of said raised heel;

f. a plurality of male snap members contained in each sidewall of saidshoe bottom, wherein said male snap members are arranged in a rowextending from said forward sole portion to said middle shank;

g. a vamp portion; and

h. said vamp portion having a plurality of female snap members, whereinsaid female snap members communicate with said male snap members.

2. A sandal shoe as recited in claim 1, wherein said vamp portionfurther comprises a soft flexible thermoplastic.

3. A sandal shoe as recited in claim 2, wherein said vamp portionfurther comprises:

a. a trapezoidally shaped element;

b. a top and a bottom end of said trapezoidally shaped element having aconcave curvative;

c. said plurality of said female snap members arranged in a row alongeach side of said trapezoidally shaped element.

4. A sandal shoe as recited in claim 2, wherein said vamp portionfurther comprises:

a. an elongated center strap portion;

b. a plurality of narrow strap elements joined at acute angles onto eachside of said center strap portion; and

0. one said female snap member contained in a free end of each saidnarrow strap element.

5. A sandal shoe as recited in claim 1, wherein. said vamp portion isleather.

6. A sandal shoe as recited in laim l, whefirl said vamp portion iscanvas.

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1. A sandal shoe, which comprises: a. a shoe bottom having a forwardsole portion, a middle shank, and a raised heel; b. said middle shankextending rearwardly upward from said forward sole portion to an upperend of said raised heel; c. a bottom base of said forward sole portionhaving a convex curvative; d. a rubber sole affixed onto said bottombase of said forward sole portion; e. a rubber base element affixed ontoa bottom end of said raised heel; f. a plurality of male snap memberscontained in each sidewall of said shoe bottom, wherein said male snapmembers are arranged in a row extending from said forward sole portionto said middle shank; g. a vamp portion; and h. said vamp portion havinga plurality of female snap members, wherein said female snap memberscommunicate with said male snap members.
 2. A sandal shoe as recited inclaim 1, wherein said vamp portion further comprises a soft flexiblethermoplastic.
 3. A sandal shoe as recited in claim 2, wherein said vampportion further comprises: a. a trapezoidally shaped element; b. a topand a bottom end of said trapezoidally shaped element having a concavecurvative; c. said plurality of said female snap members arranged in arow along each side of said trapezoidally shaped element.
 4. A sandalshoe as recited in claim 2, wherein said vamp portion further comprises:a. an elongated center strap portion; b. a plurality of narrow strapelements joined at acute angles onto each side of said center strapportion; and c. one said female snap member contained in a free end ofeach said narrow strap element.
 5. A sandal shoe as recited in claim 1,wherein said vamp portion is leather.
 6. A sandal shoe as recited inclaim 1, wherein said vamp portion is canvas.